08/14/2025
New Apple products and software are coming next month, as is usually the case every September. We will see the introduction of the new iPhone 17 line, including the new lighter iPhone Air. The new Apple Watch series 11, and a new Apple Watch Ultra 3. And possibly some updates to other products such as the AirPods, Apple TV or HomePod mini.�But the biggest change for most people is going to be the software updates available for pretty much all Apple products. Apple is unifying the naming convention for its software to a yearly number. So, for example instead of going from iOS 18 to iOS 19, we will be getting iOS 26. And iPad 26, macOS 26, tvOS 26 and so on. So, instead of a bunch of devices with different OS numbers, we’ll have something that makes much more sense and is easier to keep track of.
�The aesthetics of the new software updates has also changed quite a bit with the introduction of a new look that Apple calls Liquid Glass, and it may take some getting used to initially, particularly on the Mac. Overall, Apple is trying to make it easier for users to switch back and forth between different devices and find their way around, and I do think these changes do accomplish that.